So, Who's a Killing Machine?

What’s going on here?

I’m reading different stories that describe Hezbollah as disciplined, tenacious, determined, tough, etc. And about how they have put up far more resistance than Israel expected. What are they? A militia of Supermen? The Islamic Borg?

Who is being served by this narrative? This reminds me of back in the months right after 9/11 when Al Qaeda were all devilishly clever highly-trained tough guys. If I recall correctly they were disciplined, tenacious, etc., too. And we were all told to be scared of them. Then Richard Reid and Zaccarias Moussaoui showed up and suddenly Al Q didn’t seem all that bright anymore. But we had been trained to be scared.

So SuperHezbollah is now fighting away in the desert like something out of a David Lean epic. Let us all be in awe of this fighting machine; that way we will be supportive and understanding of the even more severe action Israel will need to take to conquer this beast. The West will understand perfectly well that Israel has to hit harder and harder and wider and more unrelentingly because, lookit, they are up against 3000 of the toughest most disciplined killing machines on earth. CNN said so!

Go ahead, Israel, hit harder. No time to talk about cease fire.